`Despicable`

April 26, 1987|By William Kaper Jr.

BARRINGTON — Recently your paper printed a political cartoon depicting Israel in the process of picking Uncle Sam`s wallet. I found the printing of this lie to be absolutely despicable to my country as well as myself.

Although each of us in the United States is guaranteed the precious right to freedom of speech, libel and slander are exceptions to that right.

Obviously, the cartoonist is referring to the recent Israeli spy trial;

however, it is ridiculous to indict as well as demean a nation for the acts of a few.

Israel is the truest friend this nation has had in its history. This small but powerful country has saved the American people countless billions of dollars as well as the lives of an untold number of American servicemen by stopping Iran and the PLO from turning the Middle East into a war zone of superpower proportions.

To print such a cartoon only fosters anti-Semitism as well as hatred for a proud and loyal friend.